DAC RANGER

TYPE: Side-by-side kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Based on Opel-powered Dieselis PL2 (F-PTDI) built in France by Paul Lucas and Serge Pennec, first flown September 1998, and shown at PFA International Rally, Cranfield, UK, in July 1999, where selected as basis of DAC venture. Martin Hollmann of US company ADI contracted by DAC to transform wood/composites Dieselis into RangeR, with changes to structure, fuselage size and wing section. Alex Swagemakers of TTA redesigned Opel 1.7 litre turbo-diesel engine for aeronautical use. Incomplete Ranger prototype (PH-DAC) exhibited at Aero'03, Friedrichshafen, April 2003; first flight then due in USA later in 2003.